Silver Linings Playback

It's St. Patrick's Day and it's our 250th episode! To celebrate, Joel and Andy watch the original Leprechaun, the ludicrous movie that gave Jennifer Aniston her big break.

This week, Joel and Andy watch the romcom Lear Year, which sees Amy Adams heading to Dublin to ask Adam Scott to marry her.

For March, in honor of St. Patrick's Day, Joel and Andy are watching bad "Irish" films. They kick things off with Far and Away.

Joel and Andy are joined by their friend Ted. Together, they end the month discussing the 1996 film Fear, starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg.

Joel and Andy are joined this week by stylist Sophie Strauss. Together, they dive into the 1993 Lolita wannabe, The Crush; starring Alicia Silverstone in her debut film role.

Joel and Andy watch Sliver, a Alfred Hitchcock-esque erotic thriller involving a murder mystery, hidden cameras and a creepy Baldwin.

Joel and Andy kick off "Bad Romance" month with Swimfan, an early-2000s Fatal Attraction-esque teen drama about a high school swimmer and a teen girl who loves him too much.

Joel and Andy end the month with Trap, M. Night Shyamalan's 2024 film that seems to mostly be an opportunity to showcase his daughter's music and acting skills.

This week, Joel and Andy's pal Jonathan Davenport joins them to discuss Borderlands, a movie based on a video game that is trying very hard (and failing) to be Guardians of the Galaxy.

Joel and Andy kick things off with Madame Web, a Spider-man-less Spider-verse film starring a character who has never even had her own comic book series. It's a film so bad it caused Sony to give up on their cinematic universe.

This week, we bring you the best pitches of 2024, including The Joker's Bucket List, Kitschy Kitschy Koo, The Trial of Hot Frosty and Bloody With A Chance of Christmas.

Joel and Andy end the month with Red One; a film that dares to ask the question: what if Santa lifted, bro?

Joel and Andy are joined by Nicole Bilderback, the star of films like Clueless, Bring It On and Can't Hardly Wait, to discuss her film Cloudy with a Chance of Christmas.

Joel and Andy are joined by Christmas enthusiast Jillian Vitko to discuss the utterly-ludicrous Netflix film Hot Frosty. As the name implies, it's about a sexy snowman who comes to life.

Joel and Andy discuss Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square, which plays all the Christmas cliché hits as it tells the story of an evil landlord (Christine Baranski) who wants to evict an entire town on Christmas Eve.

Joel and Andy are joined by Rent superfan Shawn M. Smith to discuss the film adaptation of the popular Broadway musical that was inexplicably directed by the guy who did Home Alone and two Harry Potter movies.

Joel and Andy discuss the odd and incredibly dark Steve Martin musical Pennies From Heaven, which they both found utterly delightful.

Joel and Andy head to the Old West for Paint Your Wagon, a baffling musical starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin and Jean Seberg as a throuple in a Gold Rush town.

Joel, Andy and their guest Lars Periwinkle kick things off with the most maligned musical to come out this year: Joker: Folie à Deux.

Joel and Andy turn to a man who spent a Late Night With the Devil, David Dastmalchian, to help them find the silver linings in the 1972 Tom Selleck film Daughters of Satan.

This week, Joel and Andy discuss The Believers, which pits Martin Sheen and Robert Loggia against a sinister cult that murders children.

Joel and Andy are joined by Molly Regan to 1975 film The Devil's Rain, which features Ernest Borgnine as the leader of a satanic cult and William Shatner as our God-fearing hero.

Joel and Andy are joined by anthropology professor Dr. Wendy Fonarow. Together, they discuss Mazes and Monsters, a made-for-TV movies from the 80s where a thinly-veiled Dungeons and Dragons type RPG makes Tom Hanks go crazy.

Joel and Andy close out the month with Next, a film where Nicolas Cage has the ability to see a few minutes into the future who must use this power to stop a terrorist attack.

This week, Joel and Andy watch Left Behind, a film where Christians are raptured and Nic Cage is a pilot who is ... you guessed it, left behind.